Absolutely agree with this. I don't see why someone deserves £40 000 a week to play a sport they enjoy. It's rediculous, especially when football these days is no longer about the sport but the money. Read the headlines, it's never about a good game, it's about a player being signed to someone else, or someone getting sued, or how much money a club has. Where's the real heart in football gone.

 I hate to tell you this but this is the way sports and celebrity work together. Welcome to Capatilisim!
In the U.S. There are considered to be four major sports. (Baseball, Basketball, Football and, Hockey) Every team knows where they stand economically speaking. That is the reason some teams are reffered to as "small market teams" while others are "large market" teams.

The Large market teams want, desperately, to retain this large market designation so they are willing to spend huge amounts to secure the best available talent to this end. Is this right? Probably not but it is how capitalism in sports works.

That aside, Professional Athletes, those who have achieved the Major League levels in their sports have invested their entire lives to being Professional Athletes. The season may only be a few months long but the condition of the athlete is a year round concern. (Like Ben Rothlisberger's motorcycle crash weeks before the season opened) There are many who desire this level but few who can reach it. For this reason they are compensated according to their abilities and their willingness to maintain the competitive level of fitness for their "jobs".

Further, the carrer of an average Professional Athlete is by any standard consiberably short so their earning potential is limited. They have to assure that in the event of a tragic accident that could end this limited window of oppurtunity, they have properly seen to thei financial means.

Does this all sound like B.S. Absolutely but that is how it works in real life.
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You buy the tickets!

 And i hate the Lions too?

 Yes all sports players are getting paid to much. It is kind of rediculess that we pay them millions while our teachers doctors and nurses get paid so little.

 I think that sports players should get paid less than they do now. I do not think that you should be paid millions of dollars for something that you love to do. In my onpinion, people who actually help the world, teachers, doctors, policemen, firefighter, etc, should be paid more than a football player. They help our community war more than a football player does.

 I agree. Sorry to say this but athletes do not risk their lives for anyone. I believe that Police officers, firefighters, our troops should get paid more than the athletes, because these are men and women who risk their live everyday so we can be safe.